Valve



Jan. 19 1926.

H. E. FREEBURY VALVE Filed June 28, 1921 fizflpaiy INVENTOR.

V To aZ-Ztvhlom it may coaeem a citizen oflthe United States,'residinglat- UNITED Patented J an. 19, i 1926.

nlinvnv FREEBURY, or 311mm, MONTA A i ipncianon name as, ie zifseiin no;.j4s0,9 72."

Be it known that I, HARVEY E.

Belfry, inv the, county of Carbon and State of Montana, have invented certain new and N I edge of; the member are ground- .to set up useful Improvements inlYalves, the

following is a specification. f. I 1

. This invention relates to valves f or controlling the passage of liquids,"and has for its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a valve structure including means 'whereby the valve head will be :eifectually lockedin position to prevent accidental or surreptitious shifting of the valve head from "such position. 1

With theseand other objects'inview, the

invention consists in certain novel features of construction as. hereinafter shown, de-

scribed and claimed. 1

.In the accompanying'drawings:

Figure 1 represents a longltu tional elevation.

Figure2 is a sectional detailon' the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional detail illustrating a slight modification of the construction.

The improved device maybe applied to various structures through which liquids are caused to pass, to control the vflow therethrough, but is more particularly adapted for use in an ordinary globe valve, comprising a casing represented as a, whole 'at'lO with an intake 11, outlet 12, valve-seat "13, and an openingcentrally of its top, asat 14,- and withit'he wall thereof threaded, these partsbeing of theusualconstruction.- A'tubular member" 15 forms a part of the improved device and is provided with a reduced threaded "portion 16 to. engage the threads of the wall ofthe opening 14." The reduced portion 16 provides a lateral shoulder 17 to overlap the portion of the casing adjacent the opening. A packing ring.v 18

is disposed between the shoulder and the.

casing.

At its inner edge the member 15"is ground .10 form a conical 'seat'19.l

Extending through the hereof the mereber 15, is a combined locking and operating element 20. for the valve head, to be presentlyreferred to, and said elementiconsists of a I cylindrical body of a length great'er tha'n the;

length of the member 15 andfurther pro-w jeots outwardl -and inwardly withrespect to the. member 15. The eleinent;20 is rotativewithin the member 15 'and has iits'sfinner J dinal sec-' 1 A sprin washer 28 is ithehub o" the wheel 25 and the outer end of the member 15, as Well as surrounding the 1 element 20, and the function thereof isj-to prevent looseness between the parts and to resiliently hold the annular enlargement 21 he formed wane 'conoidalg shaped laterally extending; annular enlargeinentv 21, which hasits upper face corresponding to the shape of and engaging withthe seatv 19.1 The upper face of the enlargement21 and 'the inner the .threads of the socket-' being of difi'erent ber 15.

is adapted to engage the seat 13.

The element 20 pro ects a substantiall diss portion is provided with peripheral threads has a flattened. portion 26' to prevent the pitch with respect to-the threads of-the mem- Engaging withlthe threads of the wall of the. socket 22 is the peripherally threaded stem 24 of the valve head 23, which I tance above the tubularmember 15. and'the extended portion is reduced and. the reduced engaged ,by anut27 which retains a; hand 7 .wheel 25 on the element 20 between the nut v and the tubular member 15. The element2Q rotation of the wheel relative to the ele ment 20.

in engagement with itsfseat. V The casing-10, is provided with avertiinterposed between c'ally V disposed rib-329' for the purpose of holding the'v alve head '23 from rotationjas well as guiding said'headfwhen it is moved towards and away fromfthe seat 13. The rib 29 is'shown as formed on the inner face of the body portion :10 and in the path-of thevalve head 23, and the latter is formed with, a'j'verticall'y disposed marginal notch 30: into which extends the-rib 29. Therib 29 co-acts with the walls of the notch;.3 0 to on the seat 19 as'is obvious. V

i Thevalve'head 23' is adjustedtowards or away from its seatrwhen thefelement' 2 0 is lshifted in; clockwise or anticlockwise 1 di rection respectively, "due to the fact'that the i valve hea'dl23'isv hel-d from rotation so that the stem 24- will;shiftjtowards"'orjfromthe e1ement20', depending in-wh'ichdirection the element20 isshiftedthrough'the medium'of engagement with the seat 19, the element will be prevented from rotationrelativeto: the member 15, and-under such'conditions the valve head 23 cannot be Shifted-"until the The direction in which the nut 2'? is revol'ved is such'as-to cause the nut to move in an inward; directionelement 20 is released.

with-respect to the elementQO;

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it willfbe understeod that any modifieationswithin the scope of the claimed invention may be made in theconstruction without departing from the principle oi the. invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed as new is:

A valve comprising a casing having an internal valve seat and a guide rib extends ing from, the seat a. membersupportedrin said-casing and having an internally threaded socket, means'for rotating-said member and a valveheadf having a threaded stem engaging said threaded socket and provided with marginal notch slidably engaging said guide rib.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature hereto.

HARVEY E. FREEBURY. 

